i don’t know why i kept this moment, like it meant more than it should. you weren’t trying to look perfect, you just were. unguarded. real. like you forgot people might be watching. and that stayed with me. not the frame, not the light, but the honesty you didn’t hide well enough. you looked like someone who feels too much and turns it into something small so it doesn’t become too loud to carry. a joke. a face. a laugh. anything but the truth. and maybe that’s why i remember it. because some people don’t show their feelings directly, they hide them in plain sight and hope no one notices. i did.